But now he’s back with a new album produced by Shooter Jennings. Ledger might not be exclusively country, but his unique sound and stellar voice deserves to draw a large audience.“There have been so many changes over the past few years; parts of me have died and I’m never going to...
the young group dig their heels in and craft episodic tracks where hazy atmospheres and jangling, mystical chords collide with stubborn riffs to create a warring energy that plays out across 43 hypnotic minutes. This is where the last of the detractors must lay down their...
“We’re gonna be going through a whole bunch of stuff. We’re gonna be going through scales, diatonic, pentatonic, intervallic studies, chords, a whole bunch of songs and stuff like that. Nowhere in this course is going to help your bench press or your deadlift and it definitely won’...
Pink Floyd (1994):Populated by long keyboard moments -- with echoing, sustained guitar chords and segmented song-cycles effortlessly flowing into one another -- ‘The Division Bell’ plays like a long, slow exhale after the Roger Waters-era novelization of Floyd on albums like ‘The Wall’ an...
“Vox populi” literally means “the opinions or beliefs of the majority” and is based on an old Latin proverb, which says that the people’s voice is the “voice of the gods.” So it’s quite satisfying to hear those basic guitar chords symbolise the majority, and ther...
It makes its case simply with an undeniable hook, straight-ahead drums and some simple guitar chords — not to mention that ghostly repeated vocalization that waves through the song. And for that, it is The Smashing Pumpkins' biggest mainstream hit, peaking at No. 12 on the Hot 100 in ...
Pink Floyd (1994):Populated by long keyboard moments -- with echoing, sustained guitar chords and segmented song-cycles effortlessly flowing into one another -- ‘The Division Bell’ plays like a long, slow exhale after the Roger Waters-era novelization of Floyd on albums like ‘The Wall’ an...
almost sounding as if two albums are being played on top of one another. Lord Worm’s feral, rushed delivery is impossible to follow even with a lyric sheet while grooves and flurries of surgical, oddball chords whiz by, all anchored by the artillery fire of Flo Mounier. This is death me...
After the death of a core member of the group (Jo Bruce, son of Cream bass player Jack Bruce), the album Volume 2: Release was put on hold until Sinéad O’Conn or stepped in and wrote the lyrics to a track that became ‘Release’.The album was released on 25 January 1999. In ...
Her voice notes contained various piano melodies, guitar chords, lyric snippets, and sometimes several different versions of the same song. Sitting with the files, the Majors decided to complete her album, with Inman spending hours sifting through different renditions and takes and calling on the ...